A Universal and Complete Descriptor of Material Microstructures
| GEOMETRY AND MATERIALS SEMINAR | |
| Topic: | A Universal and Complete Descriptor of Material Microstructures |
| Speaker: | Salvatore Torquato |
| Affiliation: | Princeton University |
| Date: | Monday, June 7 |
| Time/Room: | 3:30pm - 4:30pm/S-101 |
I describe a unified theoretical approach to represent exactly an n-point "canonical" correlation function from which one can obtain and compute any of the various types of correlation functions that determine the bulk properties of many-particle systems that model random media, liquids, glasses and solids, as well as the generalizations of these correlation functions. The key idea is the "r-neighborhood" notion that Bob MacPherson discussed during his recent lecture entitled "Measuring Shape With Homology." The wealth of spatial information contained in this n-point canonical correlation is far from understood. I will discuss some recent applications.